Red Velvet Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting
Red Velvet Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting are popular with most people - what's not to like? You can opt to make pareve cupcakes (as indicated below) with your favorite pareve icing recipe.
Cupcake Recipe:
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tbsp. cocoa powder
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup buttermilk (for pareve cupcakes, see note below)*
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp. red food coloring
- 1/2 tsp. white vinegar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- *for pareve cupcake, replace buttermilk as follows: in a cup, add 1.5 tsp. white vinegar and continue to add pareve soymilk until you reach ½ cup - stir lightly)
Sift together flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder. In a separate bowl, whisk together oil, buttermilk, egg, food coloring, vinegar, and vanilla. While mixing at medium speed, gradually add dry mixture to wet mixture until just combined. Fill cupcake liners. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in centre of cupcake comes out clean.
Buttercream Icing: (note: for pareve icing, replace butter with pareve margarine and use pareve soymilk instead of regular milk)
- 1 stick of butter (1/2 cup), room temperature
- 2 1/2 cups confectioner’s sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- Dash of almond extract
Beat butter until smooth and creamy. Add sugar, milk, vanilla, and almond extract and beat until you reach a smooth consistency. Add additional sugar if needed.
Makes: One dozen cupcakes
Source: http://mingmakescupcakes.yolasite.com/
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